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To the editor: To Seamus Hourihan — We thank you for contributing articles to the Current. Your insights no doubt are a function of your age, education, interests, diligence and devotion to being a giving citizen. Your time-consuming efforts searching out, and then broadcasting, important Marblehead matters, provides clear data and factual information to help us form opinions. Thank you again, please carry on.  Perky and Jody MageeGuernsey Road

To the editor: With the concern of road salt being used, a couple of questions and maybe some ideas to consider if possible. Can you desalinate the ocean water and use natural salt for the roads? Can the catch basins flow into a holding area to be filtered out before returning to the ocean or to be saved in ponds that supply water for the fire department? I know that it may not be ready this year, but there has to be a way to…

I wanted to share what Epstein Hillel School has meant to me and my family. My son has been at EHS since kindergarten and is now finishing sixth grade. It’s heartbreaking to think that this may be his last year here, because the school has been such a steady and meaningful part of our lives from the very beginning. As a single parent, I’ve found EHS to be a place of warmth, respect and understanding. The teachers and staff have supported not just my son,…

To the editor: Reading of Mary Jo McConnell’s death in last week’s Current was devastating, especially as I had just had dinner with her a month or so ago. Her obituary related a great deal about her, but there was so much more to tell. Mary Jo McConnell was by turns brilliant, talented beyond words in so many areas, scientifically curious, a mesmerizing storyteller, a fascinating conversationalist and a most extraordinary human being. With the blessing of the Smithsonian’s secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, she spent…

To the editor:  The Senate primary between incumbent Ed Markey and challenger Seth Moulton is a choice between two different visions of Democratic politics. Sen. Markey has served Massachusetts with distinction for 50 years. But he entered public life when politics hardened around organized groups and issue scorecards that rewarded ideological purity. Markey thrived under that model. He even boasts on his website that, as a state legislator, he refused to compromise on judicial reform — and lost his committee assignment. But times have changed.…

To the editor: It is time to address the quality of the roads in Marblehead. As residents, our town taxes should be used to provide essential services, including proper road maintenance. However, the roads are unacceptably bad and some of the worst in the entire country. The town does not appear to have a long-term strategy for maintaining the roads. They patch rather than pave the roads. Patching leaves the roads very bumpy with undulations, seams and ridges that make driving unsafe and miserable. We…